{"id":163,"date":"2024-03-05T09:38:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T09:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/chapter\/ruga-destegi\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T11:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T11:00:16","slug":"ruga-destegi","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/chapter\/ruga-destegi\/","title":{"raw":"Rugae support","rendered":"Rugae support"},"content":{"raw":"Using the major connector to cover the rugae area is considered to assist with indirect retention. In distal extension partial dentures, the rugae area is both appropriate for indirect retention as it has a firm nature (Figures 4-8).\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_174\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/04\/5-7.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-174 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/04\/5-7-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"Figure 4-8. Covering the rugae area with the main binder acts as an indirect retainer.\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a> <strong> Figure 4-8.<\/strong> Covering the rugae area with the main binder acts as an indirect retainer.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nIt should be kept in mind that tissue support is less effective than tooth support, even if it is acknowledged that substantial coverage of the ridge area will provide some support. Furthermore, phonation issues may arise from plate covering the rugae area. However, when using an indirect retainer in the more anterior location is not feasible and\u00a0 canine teeth are the primary abutments, rugae support is required.","rendered":"<p>Using the major connector to cover the rugae area is considered to assist with indirect retention. In distal extension partial dentures, the rugae area is both appropriate for indirect retention as it has a firm nature (Figures 4-8).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_174\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/04\/5-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-174 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/04\/5-7-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"Figure 4-8. Covering the rugae area with the main binder acts as an indirect retainer.\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/04\/5-7-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/04\/5-7-65x49.jpg 65w, https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/04\/5-7-225x169.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/04\/5-7-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/04\/5-7.jpg 412w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong> Figure 4-8.<\/strong> Covering the rugae area with the main binder acts as an indirect retainer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It should be kept in mind that tissue support is less effective than tooth support, even if it is acknowledged that substantial coverage of the ridge area will provide some support. Furthermore, phonation issues may arise from plate covering the rugae area. However, when using an indirect retainer in the more anterior location is not feasible and\u00a0 canine teeth are the primary abutments, rugae support is required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"menu_order":6,"template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-163","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":147,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1828,"href":"https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/163\/revisions\/1828"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/147"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/163\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=163"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=163"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekitap.ankara.edu.tr\/dentures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}